[PATCH v4 12/12] configure: remove overly restrictive check for clang

Collin Funk collin.funk1@gmail.com
Mon Nov 10 18:00:08 GMT 2025


Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> writes:

> The clang support is still experimental and not all testcase build
> or run correctly.  Only clang 18 and onwards is supported and only
> for x86_64-linux-gnu and aarch64-linux-gnu.
> ---
>  NEWS         | 5 +++++
>  configure    | 2 +-
>  configure.ac | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 0f01b751f98..1a14d125640 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ Major new features:
>    platforms supporting _Float128) _Float128_t, introduced in TS
>    18661-3:2015, have been added to <math.h>.
>  
> +* Experimental support for building with clang has been added.  It requires
> +  at least clang version 18, aarch64-linux-gnu or x86_64-linux-gnu
> +  targets, and libgcc compatible runtime (including libgcc_s.so for
> +  pthread cancellation and backtrace runtime support).
> +
>  Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
>  
>  * Support for dumped heaps has been removed - malloc_set_state() now always
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index e490bb95f54..eb94c8577f7 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure
> @@ -5799,7 +5799,7 @@ int
>  main (void)
>  {
>  
> -#if !defined __GNUC__ || __GNUC__ < 12 || (__GNUC__ == 12 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 1)
> +#if (!defined __GNUC__ || __GNUC__ < 12 || (__GNUC__ == 12 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 1)) && (!defined __clang__ || __clang_major__ < 18)
>  #error insufficient compiler
>  #endif
>    ;
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index c9939a6db2a..9be9f566123 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ AC_CHECK_PROG_VER(BISON, bison, --version,
>  # Require GCC 12.1 to build.
>  AC_CACHE_CHECK([if $CC is sufficient to build libc], libc_cv_compiler_ok, [
>  AC_PREPROC_IFELSE([AC_LANG_PROGRAM([[]], [[
> -#if !defined __GNUC__ || __GNUC__ < 12 || (__GNUC__ == 12 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 1)
> +#if (!defined __GNUC__ || __GNUC__ < 12 || (__GNUC__ == 12 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 1)) && (!defined __clang__ || __clang_major__ < 18)
>  #error insufficient compiler
>  #endif]])],
>  	       [libc_cv_compiler_ok=yes],

Great, thanks!

Reviewed-by: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>

Collin


More information about the Libc-alpha mailing list